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Author Anderson, R. Bentley, 1959-

Title Black, White, and Catholic : New Orleans interracialism, 1947-1956 / R. Bentley Anderson.

Publication Info. Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2005.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  F380.A1 A53 2005    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description xix, 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-282) and index.
Contents New Orleans, the land of Creoles and Catholics -- The genesis of southern Catholic interracialism, 1917-1947 -- Interracial agitation: raising awareness, 1948 -- Interracial activism: belief in practice, 1948-1949 -- Catholic choice: Jim Crowism or Jesus Christ, 1949-1952 -- "Norman Francis is a Negro": desegregating Catholic colleges, 1952-1953 -- Bearing fruit: Catholic interracialism in the age of Brown, 1952-1956 -- The rise of southern Catholic resistance, 1955-1956 -- The death of southern Catholic interracialism, 1956 -- Southern Catholics, Martin Luther King, Jr., and "letter from Birmingham jail".
Subject New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Catholics -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Attitudes -- History -- 20th century.
Catholics.
Louisiana -- New Orleans.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Catholics -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Social conditions.
ISBN 0826514839 cloth alkaline paper
9780826514837 cloth alkaline paper